Question

"The other paternal uncle, an official in the Treasury, a taciturn, dull-witted, and rheumatic man, sat silent, or spoke only of the fact that the Uskovs' name would get into the newspapers if the case went for trial. His opinion was that the case ought to be hushed up from the first and not become public property; but, apart from publicity in the newspapers, he advanced no other argument in support of this opinion."From the context of the paragraph, which word BEST describes the uncle who is the official in the Treasury?A.honestB.cheerfulC.unreservedD.uncommunicative

Answer 1

D. uncommunicative

Step-by-step explanation:

The above paragraph does not show the paternal uncle as a cheerful, unreserved man and also makes no mention of the honesty of that character. However the text shows us that the uncle is an uncommunicative person. This is because the text states that the uncle was a taciturn, stupid, rheumatic and few-worded man, since he was silent or spoke only of the fact that the Uskovs' name would reach the newspapers if the case were tried.

As shown above, the aunt was not a communicative man and spoke only what was necessary when it was relevant.